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Still waters run deep:a unique case of mummification under extreme conditions

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In rural Crete,Greece,a mummified body was discovered inside a screw-top plastic barrel next to a dry riverbed.Local authorities conducted a field investigation along with a forensic pathologist,and the body was transferred inside the barrel to the Forensic Medicine Unit of the University of Crete for further investigation.Forensic examination included radiographs taken using a portable X-ray machine in situ followed by extraction of the remains,a full-body postmortem computed tomography scan,autopsy,DNA extraction,tissue and biofluid sampling,and histological and toxicological analyses.Two butane camping gases were recovered from inside the barrel.The remains were determined to belong to a middle-aged adult male.The postmortem interval was estimated to be over 4 months.DNA comparison revealed that the body belonged to a 58-year-old man who was reported missing 28 months prior to discovery.Examinations showed no evidence of skeletal or other trauma,and death was attributed to asphyxia due to oxygen deprivation.Careful examination of the barrel,which bore several peculiar modifications,in conjunction with contextual information pertaining to the deceased's personal life,led to successful case resolution.

forensic sciencesforensic anthropologyforensic imagingmummificationasphyxia

Despoina E.Flouri、Efstratios Kougios、Efthimios Fasoulakis、Konstantinos Spanakis、Elena F.Kranioti、Antonios Papadomanolakis

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Forensic Medicine Unit,University Hospital of Heraklion,University of Crete,Heraklion,Greece

Department of Radiology,University Hospital of Heraklion,Heraklion,Greece

Forensic Pathology Division of Crete,Hellenic Republic Ministry of Justice,Transparency and Human Rights,Heraklion,Greece

2024

10.1093/fsr/owae040

法庭科学研究(英文)
司法鉴定科学研究院

法庭科学研究(英文)

ISSN：2096-1790
年,卷(期)：2024.9(3)